2025 Most Enrolled Students in Illinois Rankings
Among Illinois colleges, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the largest number of students (56,563) and University of Illinois Chicago has the second largest number of students (33,522) based on academic year 2022-2023 college enrollment data.
Below table ranks and compares the Most Enrolled Students in Illinois having the largest student population. For the ranking, we only include 4-year colleges and exclude colleges which the percentage of online students is more than 50% of total enrollment. You can view the largest online colleges at colleges with most online students rankings.
Most Enrolled Students in Illinois
| Rank | College Name | Total Population | Men | Women | Undergraduate | Graduate | Online Enrollment | Tuition & Fees | Acceptance Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | 56,916 | 31,000 | 25,916 | 35,564 | 20,999 | 8,997 | $39,192 | 43.7% | 20 to 1 |
| 2 | University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL | 33,747 | 14,969 | 18,778 | 22,107 | 11,415 | 3,915 | $31,505 | 78.5% | 17 to 1 |
| 3 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | 23,161 | 10,711 | 12,450 | 9,157 | 14,046 | 958 | $65,997 | 7.2% | 6 to 1 |
| 4 | DePaul University Chicago, IL | 20,917 | 9,261 | 11,656 | 14,374 | 6,974 | 2,966 | $44,174 | 73.5% | 17 to 1 |
| 5 | Illinois State University Normal, IL | 20,683 | 8,734 | 11,949 | 18,450 | 2,539 | 1,155 | $23,479 | 89.0% | 19 to 1 |
| 6 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 18,339 | 9,925 | 8,414 | 7,643 | 10,696 | 99 | $65,619 | 4.8% | 5 to 1 |
| 7 | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL | 16,899 | 5,281 | 11,618 | 12,487 | 4,910 | 1,359 | $51,716 | 81.4% | 13 to 1 |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL | 15,649 | 7,135 | 8,514 | 11,358 | 4,146 | 2,197 | $12,506 | 70.5% | 14 to 1 |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL | 12,519 | 5,259 | 7,260 | 8,975 | 3,070 | 1,941 | $12,025 | 97.2% | 15 to 1 |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL | 11,107 | 5,440 | 5,667 | 8,195 | 3,164 | 2,007 | $13,244 | 90.4% | 11 to 1 |
Qualified Illinois Colleges in Core Admission Stats
